Nov<^mber, 1921 



SCIENTIFIC agrh'i-i.tl;rk 



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•January Ist. Before the close of the pre- 

 sent year a complete revised list of mem- 

 bers in good standiiio- ^vill he prepared and 

 sent to governments, colleges, societies, 

 firms and other agencies tlirougliout the 

 world -which miglit be expected to co- 

 operate ui giving publicity to the Society 

 rind in making tlie operations of the Bu- 

 reau successful. 



A ])eriod of very grave uucertainty was 

 passed between July 1 and September 30, 

 l)ut the enthusiasm and support of the 

 members and branches has brought the 

 Society to the beginning of what appears 

 to be a very successful and progressive era. 



About forty members attended the meet- 



ings. 



MAODONALD COLLEGE BRANCH. 



An excellent and most enthusiastic Con- 

 vention was held by this local at Macdonald 

 College on October 20th and 21st. Quite 

 a number of members residing at points 

 distant from the College were in attend- 

 ance, as well as the entire staff of the Col- 

 lege. Mr. H. S. Arkell, Dominion Live 

 Stock Commissioner, President J. B. Rey- 

 nolds of the Ontario Agricultural College, 

 Mr. J. X. Ponton, Editor of Le. Bulletin 

 des Agriculteurs, and otliers gave special 

 addre.sses. 



At the opening luncheon the members 

 were Avelcomed by Principal Harrison. The 

 first day of the Convention was devoted 

 mainly to a discus.sion on the question of 

 extension work in Quebec, the various de- 

 partmental activities at Macdonald Col- 

 lege and field problems in various parts 

 of the province. In all these topics, lead- 

 ers in the discussions had been selected, 

 and much information, of very wide in- 

 terest, was brought out. 



On the second day, the members visited 

 the various departments of the College, 

 where practical demonstrations were held. 

 The meeting ended with a luncheon on 

 October 21st, wlien an address was given 

 by President Reynolds on "The Agricul- 

 tural College and its Constituency. ' ' 



It is impossible to publish in this issue 

 aii}^ detailed report, but an effort is being 

 made to secure and compile the more im- 

 portant facts which were discussed. On 

 such questions as insecticides, pure seed, 

 field crop competitions, school fairs, and 

 a number of others, the material presented 

 in open di.seussion would have been of 

 great interest to many agricultural work- 

 ers in other parts of the Dominion. 



MANITOBA BRANCH. 



The' first meeting of this local was held 

 in Winnipeg on Sei)tember 29th. Two ad- 

 dresses were given, one by \'incent "VV. 

 Jackson on "Wild Grasses of Manitoba" 

 and the other by N. C. MacKay on "Dis- 

 trict Rei)re.sentative Work in (jntario and 

 Manitoba". These two addresses are pub- 

 lished in brief form in this issue. 



It is jilanned to hold a business meeting 

 earh' in November. 



EASTERN ONTARIO BRANCH. 



At an executive meeting held on October 

 11th, it was decided to commence the Avin- 

 ter pi ogramme early in November and to 

 hold montlily meetings until March, 1922. 



NOTES. 

 R. C. Treherne (O.A.C. '09) has taken 

 up his new duties as Chief of the Division 

 of Field Crop and Garden Insects, Ento- 

 mological Branch, OttaAva. When last 

 seen on October 11th, he was very busy be- 

 coming establislied. He expects to visit 

 British Colundiia in Januarv. 



Dr. Alfred Savage (Macdonald '11) has 

 resigned his position of Veterinarian at 

 Macdonald College to take a similar posi- 

 tion at tlie Manitoba Agricultural College, 

 AVinnipeg. It is understood that his new 

 duties will also include those of Provincial 

 Veterinarian under The Provincial De- 

 partment of Agriculture, and some ex- 

 tension work for the Health of Animals 

 Branch at OttaAva. • 



J. B. Harrington (Saskatchewan '20) is 

 taking advanced work in agronomy at the 

 Minnesota Agricultural College. His ad- 

 dress is 2089 Carter Avenue, St. Paul, 

 Minn. 



James Waddell (Saskatchewan '20) also 

 on the staff of the University of Saskat- 

 cheAvan, is taking post graduate Avork in 

 animal husbandry at the State College, 

 Ames, loAva. 



.1. E. Bergey (O.A.C. 14) formerly as- 

 sistant in Poultry Husbandry at the Man- 

 itoba Agricultural College is farming at 

 Beamsville, Out. 



